What's New in the Qt Interface Framework

The following page describes new features by Qt Version. There is a separate page to list all New Classes and Functions by Qt Version.

6.11

• Deprecated qtif_convertFromJSON() in favor of the new qtif_convertFromVariant(). The auto-generated fromJSON() function in struct types is similarly deprecated in favor of fromVariant(), and a new public toVariant() function is now available on all generated struct types.
• QFace and Jinja template languages now have syntax highlighting, code folding, and selection range support in Qt Creator. Jinja highlighting is aware of the embedded language based on the secondary file extension (e.g. myclass.cpp.jinja is highlighted as C++ with Jinja directives).

• Introduced the optional Simulation Control Panel for the backend_simulator template. When enabled via the controlPanel annotation, an auto-generated runtime UI is provided to inspect and modify all simulation property values.
• New QtInterfaceFramework.ControlPanelHelper QML module providing reusable UI controls for building simulation panels.
• New backend_mqtt ifcodegen template for generating MQTT-based backend plugins. The template uses the QtMqtt module to synchronize property values, invoke operations, and receive signals over configurable MQTT topics. Topic names, QoS levels, message retention, and other MQTT-specific options can be controlled via the new @config_mqtt annotations.

6.10

• Update to qface 2.0.13
  • Improve error handling for invalid annotations

6.9

• Allow code generation templates to check for the target platform
• Adds a new option 'android' for the defaultServerMode annotation

6.8

• New API to trigger an auto discovery from the Configuration Management System
• Support for asynchronous backend loading
• Ability to disable backend updates per feature
• Port from python 'virtualenv' to 'venv'
• New CMake API for generating plugins and QML modules
• New logging category for performance metrics

6.7

• QtIfRemoteObjectsHelper is now a Qt module with public headers
• Introduction of a new QIfRemoteObjectsConfig class
• Ability to generate a main() function with useful command-line arguments in the config_server_qtro template
• Reference APIs have been moved into a separate qt-labs module

6.6

• Introduced a new "unsupported" annotation for simulation data
• Ability to deprecate ifcodegen annotations
• New compiled ifcodegen binary (helps distribution in installer)

6.5

• Introduced the Configuration Management System
• Ability to configure connectionURL and connectionTimeout in the qtro_backend template
• Ability to reconnect to a different URL in the qtro_backend template
• Ability to configure the media_simulation backend by using the new Configuration Management System

6.4

• New annotation to configure C++ namespace in ifcodegen generated code
• Improved support for newer python versions

6.3

• Ported to the QML type registration system
• Ability to use UI elements inside a application generated by the server_qtro_simulator template

6.2

• Added CMake support
• Added support to define a template search path for ifcodegen
• Rename from QtIVI to Qt Interface Framework